MountainKeepers

"Forces of Change"

We believe that providing access to meaningful and understandable information is an important service the MountainKeepers can offer. Land development and use in Watauga County is currently a topic that has reached a level of high concern to a wide spectrum of Watauga County residents. Non-biased and objective information about how land use and related issues such as value and ownership are evolving throughout the county seems to be information that could be of value. To that end, we have commissioned the"Forces of Change" Project.

This Project seeks to answer two Questions:

This report was generated by a private company and was funded by a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Two versions of the report are available.

The first version is the Complete Report containing both the text and maps in one file. This version is a very large file and will take a very long time to download unless you have a broadband connection to the internet (DSL or cable).

The second version presents the information via a number of smaller files, with the report text in one file and each map in a separate file.

Both are in Adobe PDF Format, therefore, you need Adobe Accrobat Reader to download them. If you do not have Adobe Accrobat Reader you can download it by clicking the "Get Adobe Reader" icon below.

 

The two versions of the report are found below:

1. Complete Forces of Change Report

2. Forces of Change by Component File

 

This Page Revised October 30, 2009